Five years ago, Karim Benzema accused Didier Deschamps of being racist and since then the French strategist has not forgiven the Real Madrid player.
The French coach, Didier Deschamps, assured on Saturday that he continues without forgiving the Real Madrid striker, Karim Benzema, after accusing him of racism five years ago.
“I can’t forget him. When there’s something about my choices as a coach, tactics or technical aspects, he has a place to be and it doesn’t matter to me. The other one is out of line, it affects my name and family,” he said . on RTL.
The striker’s statement came after she was left out of those called for Euro 2016“Deschamps succumbed to pressure from a racist part of France,” the player said at the time.
Benzema has not been called up to the national team since October 2015, after being accused of alleged blackmail, with a video with sexual content, to his Bleus partner Mathieu Valbuena.
With his criticism before the European Championship, the striker suggested that the coach had given up his inclusion in the team due to his Algerian origins.
“Certain statements lead to verbal or physical aggression. I suffer the consequences. We cannot forget it. I cannot forget it and I will never forget it,” the coach concluded on Saturday on the French radio station.